When the Unexpected Guest Appears

October 20th, 2010 by admin

All my life I have been on a quest to be prepared, it must be leftover from my Boy Scout days. I truly adore having the item needed at the precise moment when nobody else has it handy. I love being the neighbour all the others turn to in a pinch for tools, or supplies. But admittedly, the arrival of an unexpected guest at my frontdoor always through me for a loop.

Recently, I made headway in this area. I decided that any surprise visitors during warm months will be ushered directly to the garden. There we can comfortably visit upon my new garden bean bags which help to establish that nonchalant devil may care appearance. Now, once I have the guests seated I can excuse myself and return inside to throw together snacks and drinks without that uncomfortable feeling of them staring over my shoulder. Privately, I can rifle through the cabinets for the tea service and store bought cookies and such.

Next, I will have to decide what to do when going out to those funky bean bags in the garden is not an option due to weather restraints. I expect there must be another crafty idea up my sleeve.